Mask - Protect Sensitive Code

A VS Code extension that helps protect sensitive information in your code by making specific sections masked. When someone tries to copy marked sections, they are automatically replaced with configurable placeholder text.

Features

• 🔒 Mark specific code sections as masked
• 🔄 Automatically replaces sensitive content with customizable placeholder text
• 🎨 Visual highlighting of protected sections
• ⌨️ Convenient keyboard shortcuts
• 🛠️ Configurable replacement text and highlighting color

Usage

1. Mark Text as Masked:

   • Select the sensitive text
   • Use Cmd+K Cmd+M (Mac) or Ctrl+K Ctrl+M (Windows/Linux)
   • Or right-click and select "Mark as Masked"

2. Remove Mask:

   • Select the marked text
   • Use Cmd+K Cmd+U (Mac) or Ctrl+K Ctrl+U (Windows/Linux)
   • Or right-click and select "Remove Mask"

3. Copying Behavior:

   • When copying marked text, it will be automatically replaced with your configured placeholder text
   • Unmarked portions of the selection remain unchanged

Configuration

You can customize the extension through VS Code settings:

• mask.replacementText: Text to show when copying masked code (default: "[***]")
• mask.decorationColor: Background color for masked code regions (default: light red)

Examples

const config = {
    apiKey: "abc123def456",  // Mark this as masked
    url: "https://api.example.com",
    secret: "mysecret789"    // Mark this as masked
};

When copying the entire config object, the output will be:

const config = {
    apiKey: "[API_KEY]",
    url: "https://api.example.com",
    secret: "[***]"
};

Installation

1. Open VS Code
2. Press Cmd+P (Mac) or Ctrl+P (Windows/Linux)
3. Type ext install mask
4. Press Enter

Requirements

• VS Code version 1.96.0 or higher

Extension Settings

This extension contributes the following settings:

• mask.replacementText: Text to show when copying masked code
• mask.decorationColor: Background color for masked code regions

Known Issues

Please report issues on our GitHub repository.

Release Notes

0.0.1

Initial release of Mask:

• Basic functionality for marking text as masked
• Custom replacement text support
• Visual highlighting
• Keyboard shortcuts

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

License

This extension is licensed under the MIT License.